We performed a comparison between Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway and Symantec Proxy based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Secure Web Gateways (SWG) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable features are the antivirus as a whole, the anti-malware, and all of the protection features that scan our enterprise devices."
"On the outside, the main differentiation is because Lookout ingest. They have ingested basically all of the apps for the last ten years and all the versions of all the apps, and we have that in a corporate database that allows us to do very large-scale machine learning and analysis on that data set. That's not something that any of the competitors really have the capability to do because they don't have access to the data set. A lot of the apps you can no longer get them because that version of the app is five or six years old, and it just doesn't exist anywhere anymore, except within our infrastructure. So, the ability to have that very rich dataset and learn from that dataset is a real differentiator."
"The protection offered by the product is the most valuable feature. It detects vulnerabilities or traps on our users' phones and then prompts them to clean up their devices. Tools we used previously would only discover, which required us to gather information on the backend, so Lookout is a welcome upgrade."
"The solution is stable."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to allow or block sites by category."
"The most valuable feature is the categorization, where you can allow general access to an application but limit specific features."
"The initial setup is easy. It's not difficult."
"It has got a really good URL categorization database. It is simple to set up. It is also easy to use and quite intuitive. It has got a nice utility for troubleshooting."
"Once deployed, the management console is simple and easy to use."
"Ability to send decrypted traffic to other security solutions for inspection."
"Most valuable features are content filtering and monitoring."
"In terms of functionality, Forcepoint is the best web proxy available."
"The CPL code is the best feature of the solution."
"The developer's assistance is valuable, enabling seamless integration which allows for a comprehensive view of categories, even if not certified by the link."
"The initial setup of Symantec Proxy is easy."
"The most valuable feature of Symantec Proxy is the support and autoscaling."
"The tool's most valuable features are content-to-content filtration and SCCM protection."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the URL database, malicious URLs, policies, and policy creation."
"The Symantec antivirus suite and the proxy component are the most valuable feature."
"Global Intelligence Network is the best feature of the product."
"We just submitted an enhancement request reflecting the main area we want to see improvement in; the APIs. Currently, we're able to build dashboards, but it's somewhat backward because we use our MDM API to create them. Lookout should provide API to customers so we can query our data and use it in our cloud, and this is the only outstanding area for improvement with the product right now."
"The stability depends on the service from where you access it. Because sometimes, the place you are in, you have Gateway. You don't have Gateway. The gateway is overutilized. At the end, you need to go through their gateways. And this is the key point here. You have a tracking point. If it's not well orchestrated, and it scales up as you add more to the existing team, you will suffer"
"Lookout was moving into the SSE space. And so their work on SecureWeb Gateway and SD-WAN is still sort of evolving."
"From the analysis that we've done, they do seem to be maybe a step behind in trying to enter the market with a new solution. But when they do pick up, they do come out with some good products."
"Ease of use could be improved."
"In the on-premises version, I don't like the deployment and structuring of the device."
"Overall the software is occupying too much memory space. If they could remedy that, it would be a better experience, because today Windows is occupying too much memory space as well (in terms of the RAM), and this software has also started occupying all the memory. Due to this, I have less space for my other office products and data. I can't, for example, operate a huge Excel sheet or other datasets."
"Stability needs some improvement, we have on occasion experienced some delay when it is synchronized."
"We have had latency issues."
"The initial setup can be complex."
"Reports in the sand-boxing, ease of deployment of sensors to ready to go server with one click of a button."
"It has a problem with tablets and the iPhone. It's not filtering on these platforms. It filters on Windows but not iOS or Android."
"The initial setup is actually quite complex to install because our users don't have admin rights on the boxes and there's no remote install option by an administrator."
"Prior to the Broadcom purchase, every appliance was application based, but now they have one ISG device and on top of it multiple applications are running. It has a single point of failure. If your device goes down, all of the applications would be down."
"The initial setup can be somewhat complex, and deploying the system can take some time."
"Improvements in log availability would greatly enhance its overall effectiveness."
"Marketing needs improvement in Symantec Proxy, as it needs to catch up in sales here in the Asia Pacific region. Symantec Proxy licensing renewal also needs improvement."
"The solution is quite complex."
"Symantec Proxy needs to include content management capabilities."
"Activating the SSL inspection is one of the challenges. We are currently moving to the O365 cloud, and one of the challenges is the performance when all of our users are connected to O365 by a proxy."
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Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway is ranked 6th in Secure Web Gateways (SWG) with 47 reviews while Symantec Proxy is ranked 15th in Secure Web Gateways (SWG) with 18 reviews. Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway is rated 7.8, while Symantec Proxy is rated 7.2. The top reviewer of Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway writes "Simple to set up, reliable, and offers great reporting". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec Proxy writes "A user-friendly solution with good technical support". Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway is most compared with Zscaler Internet Access, Cisco Umbrella, Fortinet FortiProxy, Fortinet FortiGate SWG and Cisco Web Security Appliance, whereas Symantec Proxy is most compared with Skyhigh Security, Netskope Next Gen Secure Web Gateway, McAfee Web Gateway Cloud Service, Zscaler Internet Access and Trend Micro Web Security. See our Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway vs. Symantec Proxy report.
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